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Marrakech to Fez Tours
Marrakech to Fez Desert Tours & Camel Treks
Travel Marrakech to Fez across the diverse landscapes of Morocco with cedar forests, rose valley, oasis gorges, Berber villages and lush palmeries. Marrakech to Fez desert tours include camel trekking in Morocco at the Erg Chebbi sand dunes.
Journey with us from Marrakech to Fez across high mountain passes and along verdant gorge oases, through picturesque Berber villages and passed one thousand kasbahs to watch the sun set over the slowly shifting sands of the Sahara.
Witness a traditional way of life and camel trek in Erg Chebbi with a desert guide to travel as men have travelled for untold generations across the soft curves of sandy dunes to your shelter for the night - a bedouin nomad tent at a desert camp.
We also offer sunset camel treks in Erg Chebbi with a night in a hotel at the dune line if camel trekking in Morocco is not for you but you still want to see and experience the Sahara at the leisurely pace of a camel.
Quick Links - Marrakech to Fes Desert Tours
- Timescales, Accommodation and Transport
- Marrakesh to Fez Desert Trail Tour Itinerary
- Erg Chebbi Camel Trekking in Morocco - What to expect
Timescales, Accommodation and Transport
- Recommended Duration: 4 days, 5 days or more
- Accommodation: hotels, riads, auberges, bedouin nomad tent
- Transport: 4x4 vehicles with aircon and local driver
Marrakesh to Fez Desert Trail Tour Itinerary
Marrakesh to Ait Benhaddou via Telouet and the Ounila Valley
Meet your driver in the Reception of your hotel and transfer South from Marrakesh across the Tizi-n-Tichka to Telouet and visit the abandoned Kasbah of el Glaoui. Cross the old trading route via the salt mines and the villages of the Ounila Valley to Ait Benhaddou and visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kasbah Ait Benhaddou.
Ait Benhaddou to Dades Gorge vis Skoura and Rose Valley
From Ait Benhaddou pass through Ouarzazate and (optional) visit to the Atlas Studios before continuing to Skoura Palmerie to visit the partially renovated Kasbah Imridil. Pass through Kelaa Mgouna (rose valey) and in Spring, buy a garland of fragrant roses from one of the Berber children that line the route, before leaving the main route at Boumalne Dades. Continue passed ruined hilltop Kasbahs, valley-floor gardens and the strange rock formations of the Tamnalt Hills to the Dades Gorge.
Dades Gorge to Tamtattouchte via Todra Gorge
Travel to Tineghir and leave the main hight way to drive along the river valley of Todra Gorge to the mouth of the Gorge and beyond to the Berber villate of Tamtattouchte.
Tamtattouchte to Merzouga via Rissani. Erg Chebbi Camel Trek
Travel to Merzouga, a village on the edge of the Erg Chebbi dunes. Arrive in time to walk in the dunes or, along the route, see the fossil beds, seasonal lakes and Merzouga village. Before sunset meet your desert guide to camel trek across the Erg Chebbi sand dunes and sleep under the stars in a bedouin tent in a desert camp.Merzouga/Rissani to Fez via Azrou and the Ziz Valley Gorge
Wake early to see the rising sun and ride your camel back to Merzouga. Leave the desert and transfer to Rissani and from Rissani to Fez via Azrou and the cedar forests. It is an interesting route and you can stop for lunch in a Berber café.
The Imperial City of Fez
After witnessing the lifestyle of the traditional Berber people, in the villages and desert of South Morocco, we recommend that you take a day or two to explore the Imperial City of Fez.
PAGE TOPErg Chebbi Camel Trekking in Morocco - What to expect
Your desert guide, and camels, will meet you on the edge of the desert and take you over the sandy dunes of the Sahara. Camel trek in Erg Chebbi as the sun sets across a desert landscape, for 1-2 hours to reach your shelter for the night - a Bedouin tent in a desert camp.
At your desert shelter a simple meal of tagine is freshly prepared for you by your guide and, after dinner, it is usual for the camel guides to sing Berber songs under a desert night sky.
Rise early to greet the new day and camel trek back across the Erg Chebbi to Merzouga; shower and depart. Or continue your camel trek, with your desert guide, for 2 days, 3 days, 4 days or 5 days and more.
